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To: Red Badger

“A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a light aircraft at an airport in Florida after his pilot fell unconscious”

Really? Later in the article it says

“Morgan had never flown the Cessna 208 Caravan plane before, WBPF reports, but is an FAA-certified flight instructor with around 1,200 hours of flying time under his belt.”

OK. He had never flown a Cessna 208 before but it wasn’t like he was some bloke who had never flown an airplane before.


34 posted on 05/11/2022 9:32:08 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Morgan is the air traffic controller, not the passenger.


37 posted on 05/11/2022 9:38:04 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: plain talk

morgan was the ATC


39 posted on 05/11/2022 9:39:48 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: plain talk

I believe the “Morgan” being referenced here is the air traffic controller who talked him down safely. The article says the pilot and the man who landed the plane are not named.


41 posted on 05/11/2022 9:43:14 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: plain talk

“OK. He had never flown a Cessna 208 before but it wasn’t like he was some bloke who had never flown an airplane before.”

Morgan is the air traffic controller who walked the never-flew-before-pilot through the steps to land the aircraft.

Maybe you should have read the whole story.


44 posted on 05/11/2022 9:59:43 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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To: plain talk
“Morgan had never flown the Cessna 208 Caravan plane before, WBPF reports, but is an FAA-certified flight instructor with around 1,200 hours of flying time under his belt.”

Kinda changes the narrative.

57 posted on 05/11/2022 1:13:36 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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